Where software lives

["Erik Pukinskis" <erik neca com>]

I'd take this up with one of the people working on the must-fix lists, but
it doesn't really fit into a category.

When a new user installs Linux, the distro installs hundreds of application,
a large portion of which are GUI applications.  But only a handful of those
show up in the foot menu.  Some of these apps can be quite useful.  The
front-ends for linuxconf and alternate web browsers come to mind.  And
unlike windows, there is no stardard for how applications work with the foot
menu.

As a new user I found myself having to poke through the list of RPMs
(through a terminal window) and type the RPM name in and hope it was the
name of the executable.  Or even query the RPM for the file list and poke
through that.  I couldn't search for these apps because the GNOME find tool
never worked for me. (I didn't know that Nautilus had it's own search
capabilities.)

Coming from windows where almost every app is available through the GUI
(start menu) I found this somewhat difficult and I think it's an issue that
long-time Linux users might not see.

-Erik Pukinskis
erik neca com